The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Syringa

The genus Syringa is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Syringa

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Syringa × chinensis Willd. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × diversifolia Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa emodi Wall. ex Royle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × henryi C.K.Schneid. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × hyacinthiflora Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × hybrida E.H.L.Krause Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa inodora (L.) Moench Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Syringa × josiflexa Preston ex J.S.Pringle Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa josikaea J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa komarowii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × lamartina Moldenke Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × nanceiana McKelvey Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa oblata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Syringa persica L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa pinetorum W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa pinnatifolia Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × prestoniae McKelvey Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa pubescens Turcz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Syringa reticulata (Blume) H.Hara Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Syringa sempervirens W.W.Sm. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa × swegiflexa J.S.Pringle Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Syringa tomentella Bureau & Franch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Syringa villosa Vahl Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Syringa vulgaris L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 133 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Syringa. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 150 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Syringa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 133 species names for the genus Syringa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 13 9.8%
Synonym 109 82.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 11 8.3%

All names

The status of the 283 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Syringa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 21 7.4%
Synonym 251 88.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 11 3.9%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 133 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Syringa, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 12 95 0 0 107 80.5%
Medium confidence 1 1 0 0 2 1.5%
Low confidence 0 13 0 11 24 18.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Syringa is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.5%
WCSP 12 108 0 11 0 131 98.5%